Rowynn Dumont, a curator, painter, photographer and writer, lived in about 25 places around the world before settling in New York in 2017. It's where my community and the art world infrastructure already were, said Dumont. Exhibits in Union Square, the Flatiron District, Long Island City and the Lower East Side featured her work. She also co-founded a popular monthly new wave dance party, Black Rainbow, on the Lower East Side that would go until 10am.
Macken began the project in 2004 and stuck with it for the next 21 years, quietly recreating the five boroughs by hand in his upstate New York home. Built from everyday materials like balsa wood, cardboard and glue, the finished model measures roughly 50 by 27 feet and is made up of more than 300 individual sections. It captures the city's skyline, neighborhoods and landmarks with obsessive detail, from Midtown towers to outer-borough blocks.
The brutal cold snap gripping New York this winter has left utility customers feeling the burn of skyrocketing heating bills. National Grid customers in NYC are outraged over skyrocketing heating bills, coinciding with the utility giant's Monday announcement of record usage during the city's ongoing cold snap. The astronomical costs, several readers told amNewYork, are overwhelmingly driven not by increased consumption but by soaring delivery fees and other unclear charges listed on their monthly bills.
The immediate problem is that the city does not adequately manage its Citi Bike contract. That critical document includes a long list of performance measures that the city must enforce. These include ensuring bikes are available for use, maintaining operational stations, providing quality customer service - and, yes, removing snow. Each measure carries specific penalties when the company doesn't fulfill them. For example, each broken dock that has not been repaired within 48 hours of notification is subject to a penalty of $10 per dock.
I wasn't able to make that event, but I do look forward to sitting down with the cardinal, and I'm so excited, frankly, at his leadership in this city. We see so often, frankly, that New Yorkers do not actually turn to elected officials in moments of need. They are turning to their faith leaders, he said, adding that he hopes to collaborate closely with Hicks moving forward.
The successful bargaining came on the heels of a major speak out on the Montefiore picket line on Friday, where nurses, labor leaders and politicians demanded the hospital settle the contract issues. The rally was in support of nurses at Montefiore, as well as those at the other two hospitals affected by the strike, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian in Manhattan. We really appreciate all the solidarity we have received, Pat Kane, RN, NYSNA executive director, said.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan has a new calling. The former archbishop of New York will soon serve as co-chaplain of the NYPD, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch is expected to announce on Tuesday. According to sources familiar with the appointment, the announcement will come during Tisch's State of the NYPD address on Feb. 10, and will see Dolan and Reverend A.R Bernard, who founded Christian Cultural Center megachurch in Brooklyn, named as the department's co-chaplains.
Mohammed Riyaj, a 26-year-old delivery worker in Brooklyn, had high hopes for a new city law intended to increase tips for him and thousands of other delivery workers who ply New York City's streets daily. Nearly two weeks into the initiative, however, his expectations have been diminished. Despite assurances that the law would make tipping more straightforward for customers and result in a pay bump for him and other delivery workers, Riyaj said the increased tips simply haven't materialized so far, leaving him frustrated.
Leaving Mexico City, the place I grew up, wasn't impulsive. It was calculated - shaped by ambition and the stubborn belief that opportunity still lives somewhere else. I headed to New York City in 2020, hoping to prove myself on what I thought was the world's biggest stage. I enrolled in law school, eager to work hard and prove myself.
When you think of rent-stabilized bankruptcies, you probably think of overleveraged buildings in Upper Manhattan and the South Bronx not conservatively financed ones in white-ethnic Brooklyn neighborhoods. Think again. Consider the bankruptcy that Samuel Hertz filed in late January for 420 Avenue F and 320 Ocean Parkway in Kensington and 2302 85th Street in Bensonhurst, which have 145 apartments in all.
Everybody loves a good diner - though no state does diners quite like New York. From legendary showtunes eatery, Ellen's Stardust Diner, to Lincoln Square's classic Old John's Luncheonette, New York packs both history and heart into each and every diner booth. Yet one of the most storied and beloved New York diners crops up not in Manhattan but in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood. Located directly on Metropolitan Avenue, Kellogg's Diner has been serving New Yorkers for nearly 100 years - around the clock.
Aiesha Walker, 48, is accused of attacking Kenneth Brewer, 47, on Wednesday evening inside 181 Rockaway Pkwy., where authorities say Walker lives. Police initially said they were also looking for a man responsible for the killing. Authorities took Walker into custody just after 5 p.m. Thursday. She faces manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon charges, according to police.
On Jan. 29, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate reached an agreement to remove funding for DHS from a package of six spending bills. The deal approves funding for the treasury, the federal court system, the Health Department, the War Department (previously the Department of Defense) and other agencies until Sept. 30. DHS funding will continue at its current level for two weeks while both sides work out a new deal to fund the agency.
The city's quasi-governmental Economic Development Corporation called on vendors Friday to apply to design new modular public restrooms under Mayor Zohran Mamdani's $4 million pilot program, which will place the lavatories throughout the city. The EDC's request for proposals (RFP), which it shared exclusively with amNewYork before its Feb. 6 release, lays out criteria for companies bidding to design the public restrooms. It comes after Mayor Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced the pilot, which will test 20 to 30 modular restrooms.
Brooklyn is divided into 18 community districts, each represented by a community board made up of up to 50 unsalaried members appointed by the borough president, with recommendations from City Council members. Board members reflect the diversity of their neighborhoods and serve two-year terms. Community boards act as an official advisory link between residents, City Hall, and municipal agencies. While they do not pass laws, their recommendations carry significant weight in decisions affecting land use, zoning, public safety, transportation, housing, parks, sanitation and economic development.
New York is an incongruous state. We're home to fabulous wealth - if the state were a country, it would have the tenth largest economy in the world - but also the highest rate of wealth inequality. We're among the most diverse - but also the most segregated. We passed the nation's most ambitious climate law - but haven't been meeting its deadlines and continue to subsidize industries hastening the climate crisis.
The Chicago-born new archbishop of 2.8 million Catholics in New York was greeted with fanfare and applause both inside and outside the renowned house of worship in Midtown often called by Hicks' predecessor, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, as America's parish church. Midtown was swarmed with members of clergy as nuns and other people of faith passed by yellow cabs and commuters rushing to work to attend the history-making commemoration.
The pause began last week after icy conditions spread across New York Harbor, the East River and the Hudson. According to multiple service alerts from NYC Ferry, "significant, continuing ice build-up" has made it unsafe to operate vessels. Heavy ice forces ferries to slow down and creates unpredictable conditions at landings, which can put passengers, crews and boats at risk.
Buying a home in New York City has rarely been described as "relaxed," but 2026 is quietly shaping up to be one of the most buyer-friendly years in recent memory-at least in the right neighborhoods. According to a new analysis from StreetEasy using listing data from December 2025 , rising inventory and falling asking prices are finally giving buyers something they haven't had in years: options. The real estate platform's annual list of the 10 best NYC neighborhoods for buyers highlights areas where the balance of power is shifting from sellers to people ready to move.
This year is shaping up to be a big one for domestic travel, especially as the United States approaches its 250th anniversary in July. With that historic milestone on the horizon, it's a fitting moment to take stock of where travelers are most eager to go. Tripadvisor's Travelers' Choice Awards: Best of the Best Destinations do just that, spotlighting the top U.S. destinations based on millions of reviews and ratings submitted over the past year. The results reflect the places that resonated most with travelers.
